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Elected Government Index (IDEA)
Gapminder
Percent
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172 countries · 1975–2021
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Data 2021 · Status unspecified
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League table
2021
All regions
East Asia & Pacific
Europe & Central Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
All income groups
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Value
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1
Paraguay
100
2
Solomon Islands
100
3
Indonesia
100
4
Pakistan
100
5
Austria
100
6
Panama
100
7
Croatia
100
8
Poland
100
9
Estonia
100
10
Finland
100
11
North Macedonia
100
12
Peru
100
13
Hungary
100
14
Portugal
100
15
Mexico
100
16
Cabo Verde
100
17
Philippines
100
18
Jamaica
100
19
Japan
100
20
Belgium
100
21
United States
100
22
Dominican Republic
100
23
Georgia
100
24
Albania
100
25
Niger
100
26
Denmark
100
27
Malaysia
100
28
Slovenia
100
29
Slovak Republic
100
30
Taiwan
100
31
United Kingdom
100
32
Liberia
100
33
Brazil
100
34
Mauritius
100
35
Canada
100
36
Germany
100
37
Ireland
100
38
Romania
100
39
Ecuador
100
40
Switzerland
100
41
Korea, Rep.
100
42
Senegal
100
43
Sri Lanka
100
44
Moldova
100
45
Chile
100
46
Mongolia
100
47
Ghana
100
48
Argentina
100
49
Netherlands
100
50
Norway
100
51
Uruguay
100
52
Timor-Leste
100
53
Sweden
100
54
Nepal
100
55
France
100
56
New Zealand
100
57
Czechia
100
58
Guatemala
100
59
Bulgaria
100
60
Cyprus
100
61
Trinidad and Tobago
100
62
El Salvador
100
63
Lithuania
100
64
Greece
100
65
Australia
100
66
Luxembourg
100
67
Serbia
100
68
Costa Rica
100
69
Spain
100
70
Malta
93.2
71
Maldives
93.2
72
Barbados
93.2
73
Vanuatu
93.2
74
Iceland
93.2
75
Zambia
88.9
76
Italy
88.9
77
Lesotho
88.9
78
India
88.9
79
Guyana
88.9
80
Colombia
88.9
81
Sierra Leone
88.9
82
South Africa
79.2
83
Bolivia
79.2
84
Honduras
79.2
85
Montenegro
79.2
86
Suriname
75.8
87
Benin
75.8
88
Armenia
75.8
89
Kyrgyz Republic
75.8
90
Israel
75.8
91
Papua New Guinea
75.8
92
Ukraine
75.8
93
Guinea-Bissau
75.8
94
Malawi
75.8
95
Nigeria
75.8
96
Latvia
75.8
97
Kenya
75
98
Gambia, The
71.2
99
Botswana
71.2
100
Bhutan
70
101
Syrian Arab Republic
59.7
102
Namibia
59.7
103
Angola
59.7
104
Lebanon
59.7
105
Azerbaijan
59.7
106
Ethiopia
59.7
107
Turkmenistan
59.7
108
Tajikistan
59.7
109
Burkina Faso
59.7
110
Togo
59.7
111
Uzbekistan
59.7
112
Congo, Dem. Rep.
59.7
113
Tunisia
59.7
114
Cameroon
59.7
115
Cote d'Ivoire
59.7
116
Belarus
59.7
117
Nicaragua
59.7
118
Gabon
59.7
119
Singapore
59.7
120
Mozambique
59.7
121
Russian Federation
59.7
122
Central African Republic
59.7
123
Djibouti
59.7
124
Madagascar
59.7
125
Iraq
59.7
126
Bosnia and Herzegovina
59.3
127
Libya
59.3
128
Kazakhstan
50.8
129
Bangladesh
50.8
130
Tanzania
50.8
131
Zimbabwe
50.8
132
Haiti
50.8
133
Burundi
50.8
134
Turkiye
48.7
135
Algeria
48.7
136
Congo, Rep.
48.7
137
Mauritania
48.7
138
Cambodia
48.7
139
Fiji
48.7
140
Jordan
40.4
141
Oman
40.4
142
Bahrain
40.4
143
Uganda
40.4
144
Egypt, Arab Rep.
40.4
145
Kuwait
40.4
146
Rwanda
40.4
147
Sudan
40.4
148
Comoros
40.4
149
Eswatini
40.4
150
Morocco
40.4
151
Cuba
37
152
Viet Nam
37
153
Venezuela, RB
37
154
Lao PDR
30.6
155
Iran, Islamic Rep.
30.6
156
Equatorial Guinea
29.2
157
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
23.1
158
West Bank and Gaza
14.9
159
China
13
160
Thailand
13
161
Eritrea
13
162
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
13
163
South Sudan
4.2
164
Yemen, Rep.
4.2
165
Myanmar
0
166
Saudi Arabia
0
167
Afghanistan
0
168
United Arab Emirates
0
169
Mali
0
170
Qatar
0
171
Guinea
0
172
Chad
0
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